Street-car door.



. H. MCCAULEY.

STREET CAR nods.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, i917.

' T. H. MCCAULEY.

STREET CAR Qooa. AIYJPLICATION FILED FEB. 28l917.

Patented Deo. 11,191?.

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wit m zoo T. H. lVIcCAULEY.

STREETl CAR DOOR. APPLICAHON F.1LED 1:13.28, 1917.

Patented 11.60. 11,191?.

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THOMAS HENRY MCCAULEY, 0F CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA..

STREET-CAR DOOR.

Maaate.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 11, 1917i Application filed February 28, y1917. Serial No. 151,475.v

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS HENRY Mo- CAULEY, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada and subject of England, residing at Calgary, in the Province of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Street-Car Doors, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to street car doors, and aims to provide a novel arrangement of the entrance and exit doors, providing for compactiiess in construction, and enabling the entrance and eXit doors to be placed at the front end of the car with a short vestibule, such a vestibule being of advantage in that it will not overhang the opposite track in turning corners.

The present invention also enables ordinary short vestibule single entrance cars tol be converted into the double door construc-V tion, or to be equipped with the entrance and exit doors at one end in a compact arrangement.

Another object of the invention is the provision of novel means for operating either or both of the entrance and eXit doors, in order that they can be operated individually or jointly.

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide the aforesaid improvements, which are of comparatively simple construction, which can be readily installed without prohibitive alterations or expense, .and which will increase the efciency and utility of the car.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment` of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein u Figure l is a floor plan showing the .design of the car including the present improveinents. l

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the exterior of the vestibule with the entrance and exit doors closed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating The numeral 1 designates the deck or floor of the car, which is rounded at its ends, the

saine as the remainder of the body, in order to clear other cars when rounding curves.

As illustrated, the car is provided withy longitudinal rows -of transverse seats 2 at opposite sides, and the rear end of the body is provided with a smoking and observation'4 parlor or vestibule 3 separated from the main compartment by a transverse partition 4 having a door 5 permitting the passengers to enter and leave the parlor 3. The parlor 3 is provided with seats 6 around the walls thereof, which are interrupted at the outer rear corner of the body, the same being provided with an emergency door 7 'hinged to the rear end of the body and swinging outwardly. This door 7 is such as to be openedv` only in case of emergency, to enable the pas-l sengers to pass out the rear end of the. car, the entrance andexit of passengers being. normally at the forward end of the car, which is provided with a short vestibule 8, but the same will sufce, without inconvenience, for the entrance and exit of passengers, by the provision of the present improvements. The vestibule Sis partially shut ofi' from thel main compartment by al partition 9 extending from the inner side of the car and leaving a ,passage way.10 for the passengers. A fare boX or receptacle 11 can be positioned at the edge, of the partition 9, anda stove 12 can be located in the vestibule 8 in front of the partition 9, so as to be out of the way.

The outer side of the car body or the vestibule itself is provided at the forward end of the body with an eXit doorway or opening 13 as usual, but this doorway is used only for passengers leaving the car, another door being provided for the entrance of the passengers, as will hereinafter more fully appear. rl'he doorwayl has a folding door 14 hinged, as at 15, to the outer side wall of the car body at the rear ofthe doorway 13, said door. 14 being foldable rearwardly out of the way. A

The cardinal feature of the invention resides in the provisionV of the entrancerdoor adjacent to the exit door, without requiring a long vestibule. Thus, the forward end of the car body or front wall 17 of the vestibule, is provided with an entrance doorway or opening 16 adjacent to the outer side wall of the car body or vestibule, and immediately adjacent to "the doorway 13. This doorway 16 opens forwardly and outwardly that side of the car which is at the outer side of the track being referred to as the outer side. 1n order to provide a landing outside of the doorway 16, without utilizing excessive space, the deck or floor 1 of the body or vestibule is provided with a triangular extension 18 outside of the doorway 16, which will not be objectionable and which can be readily provided. An entrance door 19 is hinged, as at 20, to the front wall 17 of the vestibule at the inner jamb of the doorway 16, whereby the free edge of the door is swingable forwardly and rearwardly substantially in the plane of the outer side of the car body. The doorways 13 and 16 are separated by an upright postor stile 21, against which the free edges of the two doors ,'niove toward one another in closing said doors. rearwardly when opened, while the door 1.9 nieves forwardly when opened, so as to separate the doors in the manner of a double door. Near the forward edge or corner of the landing or extension 18, the same is provided with a stop 21 for limiting the opening movement of the door 19, and a step is hung below the doorway 13 and landing 18. The doors 14 and 19 are preferably provided with the sign Out and 1n upon both sides, to avoid confusion. The

post 21 is provided upon the exterior withV a vertical grab handle 23 which the passengers can hold onto while entering or leaving the car, and a similar handle 24 is attached to the entrance door 19 adjacent to its free edge and upon the inner side thereof, whereby when the entrance door is swung open, the handle 24 can be grasped by persons entering the car to avoid'slipping or falling. Particular attention is directed to the fact that when the door 19 is swung open, it will project outwr dly and slightly forwardly at an oblique angle, enabling the passengers to step onto the landing 18, and directing the passengers inwardly and rearwardly through the entrance doorway 1 6. An inclined brace 25 is disposed between the post 21 and back of the vestibule, to assistrin separating the entrance and exit doorways, and the upper end of the brace 25 is preferably provided with a hand hold or grab handle 26.

' r1`he eXtension18 provides a landing or step outside of the doorway 16, whereby the passengers can pass conveniently through the doorway 16. The extension or landing` 18 enables the passengers to readily step from rThe door 14 moves the step 22 onto the extension or landing 18 outside of the doorway 16, and to then pass through said doorway. It will be noted that when the door 19 is swung open, as seen in F ig. 1, this will give the appearance of a side doorway, the same as the doorway 13, the passengers being directed from the extension or landing 18 through the doorway 16 by the open door 19. 1n other words, the extension 18 provides a landing or step between the doorway 16 in the end of the car body and the side step 22, and the door 19 in swinging openserves to proporly direct the passengers from the extension or landing 18 through the doorway 16.

in connection with the individual adjacent entrance and eXit doors, there is provided a mechanism whereby said doors can be operated either individually or jointly.v

tion on the part of the mot-Orman or operator. rllhis mechanism embodies a vertical rock shaft 27 having its ends Yjournaled in intermediate and upper brackets or bearings 29 and 28, respectively, attached to the front wall of the vestibule near thedoor 19, and a lower vertical rock shaft 30 below and in alineinent with the rock shaft 27 having its upper end journaled to the bracket 29 and its lower end journaled to a ,lower bracket 31. The rock shaft 27 has anarm 32 connected by a link 33 with the folding doorA 14, while the shaft 30 has an arm 34 connected by a link 35 with the door 19, whereby when said shafts are rocked, the respective doors will be opened and closed. The shafts are provided at their adjacent ends with cranks 36 and 38, respectively, projecting toward one another, a handle 37 beingv mounted upon the crank 36 and a spool-shaped handle 39 being slidable upon the upstanding crank 38.

rlhe handle 39 normally gravitates downwardly out of the path of the free end of the depending crank 36, but when the two cranks are in alineinent, with the doors either closed or opened, the handle 39 can be raised so as to slip over the depending terminal of the crank 36, whereby the handle 39 can be operatcd for oscillating both shafts 27 and 30 and thereby operating both doors. By operating the crank 36 by itself through the medium of the handle 37, the eXit door 14 can be opened and closed by itself, whereas if the crank 38A is operated with the handle 39 in lowered position, the entrance door 19 will be individually opened and closed. i To operate both doors, the handle 39 is raised into engagement with the crank 36, whereby both cranks will be operated, thereby operating both doors.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5, the shaft 30 for operating the door 19 is tubular and extends downwardly through the floor or deck 1, and the rock shaft 27 extends downwardly through the shaft 30. Arms 40 attached to the lower ends of the shafts can be connected by links 41 or otherwise to folding steps (not shown) for the two doors.

The present door structure can be used at either end of the car, with equal propriety and success.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is Y 1. A car body having two doorways at one end, one in one side wall immediately adjacent to one end wall, and the other in said end wall immediately adjacent to said side wall, the body having a post separating said doorways at their respective corner of the body, and individual doors for the doorways, said doors and doorways being located immediately adjacent to one another and the corresponding corner of the body, one doorway providing an entrance and the other an exit for the car body.

2. A car body having a doorway in one side at one end and a second doorway in said end adjacent to said side, the body having a post between said doorways, and individual doors for said doorways movable to open position away from said post.

3. A oar body having a doorway in one copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the end at one side and an extension at the corresponding corner o-f the body to provide a landing outside of said doorway, and a door for said doorway.

4L. A car body having a doorway in one end |at one side and an extension at the corresponding corner of the body to provide a landing outside of said doorway, and a door for said doorway movable over said landing.

5. A car body having a doorway in one end at one side and an extension at the corresponding corner of the body to provide a landing outside of said doorway, and a door for said doorway hinged to said end of the body and swingable open over said landing to direct passengers through said doorway.

6. A car body having a vestibule at one end including a deck and front wall, said front wall being provided with a doorway adjacent to one side of the vestibule, the deck having an extension outside of said doorway to provide a landing at said side of the vestibule, and a door hinged to said front wall with its free edge movable forwardly Iand rearwardly over said landing, said door extending rearwardly when closed and forwardly when opened.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

J. W. WATSON, T. M. BRooxs.

"Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

